new lippies

i recently purchased three new lip colors from NYX, and i surprised myself at buying them in three  different shades of pink. pink basically is my least favorite of colors. maybe because i think it doesn't look good on me. i'm more of the apricot, peach, terracotta kind of girl. maybe because i'm golden-tan. and it seems to be very safe to wear the said colors because they give a natural look. but since i'm still building my makeup kit, i had to have pink shades for my future fair-skinned clients. 
i believe i picked B52, Louisiana and Chloe, which glide on my lips like heaven and surprisingly rich/highly pigmented. i used B52 on the day i got them, and the color stayed put till i got home. i was like wow. me and my office girl buddies got them for 160php each from a local multiply.com seller. they were relatively inexpensive for such OK quality. about a month ago, i also purchased a lip color from 4u2, a US brand whose professional eyeshadow palettes i totally would recommend any makeup artist to get. they are highly pigmented, and the colors last all day. pretty inexpensive for their quality too. i got two 8-color palettes from them, each for less than 1000php. i'd say those purchases are really good deal. their ENVY line of lip colors, of which one i bought in shade # 12 looked tangerine-ish red. i was actually looking for orange that time and was already decided on a MAC one when i figured i don't need buy expensive stuff yet now that i'm not yet on board. the 4u2 lipstick glides on smoothly too. i think it was discounted at the time, less than 3oophp, so i was glad i controlled the urge to buy a revlon or l'oreal that time. 

intro...

yeah, i've been thinking of trying to get rid of other things that i'm doing. believe me, i do lots of stuff. despite the fact that i have a regular, daily 8hour job  (count out the 4hour total travel time), i still try to sneak in a few things to keep me sane.

more than a year ago, i bought lots of beads and wires and wire jewelry tools, thinking i can pull this wire wrap jewelry fever off. but a few days ago, i thought, no. i can't. jewelry making seems to be fun, but it needs 100% attention. and it seems that the materials i want to use in my designs aren't easily available in my area, or country, at worst.

and yet i have another hobby to ditch off (hopefully not forever). my sewing. i've been sewing since i first laid my eyes on my grandma's sewing kit. i made clothes for my fashion dolls, for myself, i stitched accessories, i repaired torn clothes. it's really something i like to do. but, as i said, i do too many things, i have so little time. sewing, isn't just sewing. you shop for materials, you design something, you make the pattern and cut the fabric carefully, then you sew. yeah, enough of my excuses.

and on to a (not so) new-found hobby. makeup. yeah, i'm the late-bloomer tomboy who wished i started tinkering into my mom's makeup kit in grade school. makeup is indeed fun. and aside from it being related to my first love, i can do it EVERYDAY! yes, i can. at work, at home, at a friend's wedding, a family member's birthday party. at this rate, i can become better without knowing it. if you know what i mean. it's only been less than a year and never was a day when i didn't think about it. sheessh, i guess i'm in love haha. but seriously, i think this thing of a hobby is gonna stay for a while. 

so, today starts the making of a makeup hobbyist. hobbyist, what a word; i just thought it now. because while i was typing the first sentence in this paragraph, i thought i didn't deserve to be called an artist, yet. 

hopefully, on my 100th post, i can already call myself a makeup artist. :)